501-511 Fourteenth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington,...
Significance: This steel frame building with limestone facades is a good example of small scale commercial architecture of the 1920's. Survey number: HABS DC-356 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Constru... More
425 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distr...
Survey number: HABS DC-605 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction
St. John's Church, Ashburton House, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, W...
Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More
514 E Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Survey number: HABS DC-236 Building/structure dates: ca. 18q2 Initial Construction
1924-1926 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washin...
Survey number: HABS DC-334-B Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lafayette Square, Jackson Place, Northwest, Washington, District of Co...
Survey number: HABS DC-810 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Potomac Realty Company, House No. 10, 1128 Sixteenth Street Northwest,...
Survey number: HABS DC-535 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
1530 Thirtieth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colu...
Survey number: HABS DC-768 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
Goszler-Meem-Brown House, 3412 O Street Northwest, Washington, Distric...
Significance: This is an early example of the small brick houses built for investment purposes in western Georgetown. It demonstrates the adaptability of these structures to twentieth-century patterns of livin... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Basketball Court, Northwest of barracks, Heck...
Survey number: HAER IL-117-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Engine Company Number Six, Firehouse, 438 Massachusetts Avenue Northwe...
Survey number: HABS DC-88 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
427 & 429 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington,...
Significance: Unfortunately the street elevation has been concealed by the relatively recent addition of a curtain wall, thereby impeding the stylistic identification of the building's facade. Information deriv... More
Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Co...
Survey number: HABS DC-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000034
U.S. Soldiers Home, Quarters No. 2, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur St...
See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Quarters 2 one of the earliest buildings in the complex. Survey number: HABS DC-353-B Building... More
Seven Buildings, 1901-1913 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, ...
Significance: Important as homes of Government Officials, ministers and private citizens, reported to have been erected soon after Washington became the capital city. Corner building (1901) house the State Dep... More
1007 E Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, Distric...
Significance: Constructed in 1895 by builder H. Mueller at a cost of $5500 (D.C. Building Permit No. 8, July 2, 1895), 1007 E Street is an excellent example of builder-designed architecture in Washington in the... More
Masonic Temple, F & Ninth Streets Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: A post-Civil War fraternal and commercial building whose cornerstone-laying was honored by the presence of the President of the United States. This structure ranks among the most distinguished wo... More
Washington Loan & Trust Company, West End Branch, Seventeenth & G Stre...
Significance: Built as West End Branch for Washington Loan & Trust Co., which was founded in 1889 and which built its main bank at 9th & F Sts., NW, in 1890. When Washingotn Loan & Trust was absorbed by Riggs ... More
812 F Street Northwest (Commercial Building), (previously recorded as ...
Significance: A post Civil War building illustrating the early commercial development of F Street. Survey number: HABS DC-213 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates:... More
Atlantic Building, 930 F Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Co...
Significance: When the Atlantic Building was completed in 1888, it was the largest commercial structure in the city and one of the first with a passenger elevator. The speculative office building was designed ... More
Patterson House, 15 Dupont Circle Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: This structure is a McKim, Mead and White example of neoclassicism in the decorative Italianate manner. The white marble and glazed terra-cotta building is heavily ornamented. The court, which b... More
Fort Drum, Ordnance Warehouse, Northwest corner of Railroad Street & O...
Significance: The Ordnance Warehouse is the only relatively unaltered building of this type of structure situated at Fort Drum. The building's original purpose was for the storage of weapons and munitions. The ... More
515 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, D...
Significance: Although much altered, 515 Eleventh Street, NW, constructed around 1875, is a good example of a post-Civil War Italianate brick rowhouse. This type of building was constructed throughout Washingto... More
Winder Building, Seventeenth & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: One of few pre-Civil War office buildings in Washington and certainly the least altered, the Winder Building was built for William H. Winder who leased most of the space to the U.S. government, an... More
Winder Building, Seventeenth & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: One of few pre-Civil War office buildings in Washington and certainly the least altered, the Winder Building was built for William H. Winder who leased most of the space to the U.S. government, an... More
Grace Denio Litchfield House, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Was...
Significance: Home of novelist/poet Grace D. Litchfield for 52 years. Survey number: HABS DC-321
General Montgomery Meigs House, 1239 Vermont Avenue Northwest, Washing...
Significance: Brick and stucco, first story rusticated, with coins and medallions, maudlin and dentilled cornice mansard roof; rectangular plan entrance portico and demi-octagonal bay window. Regency style. ... More
Joseph Beale House, 2301 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, ...
Significance: The detached, stucco and limestone residence, in the 18th century Roman revival manner, is significant for its plan, spatial composition, and use of detail and material. The pie-shaped site faces... More
Joseph Beale House, 2301 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, ...
Significance: The detached, stucco and limestone residence, in the 18th century Roman revival manner, is significant for its plan, spatial composition, and use of detail and material. The pie-shaped site faces... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Canal Warehouse, 3222 M Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: A remnant of a Georgetown tobacco warehouse, once a flourishing trade. The retaining wall on the south side is of unique appearance, with rustic stonework. Survey number: HABS DC-144 Building... More
PEPCO Power Station, 922 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: This building's stone facade solid massing and decorative elements contribute to the significance of the design. The architect, Arthur B. Heaton was a prominent Washington Architect, and received... More
PEPCO Power Station, 922 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: This building's stone facade solid massing and decorative elements contribute to the significance of the design. The architect, Arthur B. Heaton was a prominent Washington Architect, and received... More
Larz Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, ...
Significance: Originally a private residence commissioned for lavish entertaining, this limestone, detached structure is one of the largest and costliest homes in the city. The dissimilar facades of the north e... More
Mount Vernon Apartments, 922-924 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, D...
Significance: This building represents an unusual transitional composition blending the Romanesque Revival Style with the emerging commercial style. Survey number: HABS DC-385 Building/structure dates: 1890... More
First Baptist Church of Georgetown, Twenty-Seventh Street Northwest, W...
Significance: This Church is the first Church of the Baptist denomination in Georgetown. It was founded in 1862 by former slave. Survey number: HABS DC-241 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction
Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Paint Shop, Northwest corner of Davis Ave...
Significance: Building 816 is a contributing element of the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District. The historic district was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places ... More
Fitzsimons General Hospital, Power House, Northwest Corner of East Har...
Survey number: HABS CO-172-AR Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Townsend House, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: This detached residence is a good example of Louis XV exterior detailing. As reputedly stipulated by the Townsends, he present building incorporates parts of an earlier home (apparently only a po... More
Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More
Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More
Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More
Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More
National Park Seminary, Villa, Northwest corner of campus, near Capito...
Significance: The dormitory was added in 1907 to accommodate an expanding student population. In this regard, it is a testament to the school's success and popularity. Its Italianate design is one of the many... More
National Park Seminary, Villa, Northwest corner of campus, near Capito...
Significance: The dormitory was added in 1907 to accommodate an expanding student population. In this regard, it is a testament to the school's success and popularity. Its Italianate design is one of the many... More
National Park Seminary, Villa, Northwest corner of campus, near Capito...
Significance: The dormitory was added in 1907 to accommodate an expanding student population. In this regard, it is a testament to the school's success and popularity. Its Italianate design is one of the many... More
Grafton Tyler Double House, 1314 Thirtieth Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: This double mansarded residence is an example of a particularly formal treatment of a mid-Victorian dwelling. It is conceived sculpturally with the heavy hood molds, cornice and mansard carried a... More
Oak Hill Cemetery, Gatehouse, 3001 R Street Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Significance: This handsome brick Victorian building forms an impressive entry to the spacious wooded grounds of Oak Hill Cemetery. Survey number: HABS DC-249 Building/structure dates: 1850-1853 Initial Cons... More
U.S. Soldiers Home, Watertower, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street...
See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Survey number: HABS DC-353-O National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74002176
322 Eighth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), `, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The structure has its original store front and upper level in Federal Revival elements. The building's massing and materials contribute to an overall image of stability and balance making it a vi... More
322 Eighth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), `, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The structure has its original store front and upper level in Federal Revival elements. The building's massing and materials contribute to an overall image of stability and balance making it a vi... More
Robert P. Dodge House, 1534 Twenty-eighth Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: This spacious and elegant dwelling, along with a similar house at the southeast corner of 30th and Q Streets, was designed by Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux. It is representative of Down... More
Grogan House, Northwest Side County Road, Middleton, Elbert County, GA
Significance: Built in the early 1870's by the Reverend John Henry Grogan, an itinerant Methodist minister, this house was of mortise and tenon construction. Known as the Grogan Home Place and owned by the Grog... More
Hillyer Place, Between Q & R & Twentieth & Twenty-first Streets Northw...
Significance: Relatively undisturbed block of late 19th century rowhouses, presenting a well-maintained period streetscape. #2030 was the home of Washington architect Joseph Hornblower. Street named for Curti... More
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fifteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: Tradition associates Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), Washington's earliest known black architect, with the design of this church. St. Luke's rivals Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown... More
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fifteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: Tradition associates Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), Washington's earliest known black architect, with the design of this church. St. Luke's rivals Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown... More
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fifteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: Tradition associates Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), Washington's earliest known black architect, with the design of this church. St. Luke's rivals Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown... More
District of Columbia City Hall, 451 Indiana Avenue Northwest, Washingt...
Significance: For many years served as city hall for the District of Columbia and later served as U.S. courthouse and D.C. Superior Court. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-47 Sur... More
District of Columbia City Hall, 451 Indiana Avenue Northwest, Washingt...
Significance: For many years served as city hall for the District of Columbia and later served as U.S. courthouse and D.C. Superior Court. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-47 Sur... More
Woodward & Lothrop Department Store, G & Eleventh Streets Northwest, W...
Survey number: HABS DC-310 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Volta Bureau, 1537 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, District...
Significance: The Volta Bureau was founded and endowed by Alexander Graham Bell for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf." Its headquarters building is unique in the Georgetown area bec... More
Volta Bureau, 1537 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, District...
Significance: The Volta Bureau was founded and endowed by Alexander Graham Bell for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf." Its headquarters building is unique in the Georgetown area bec... More
Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...
Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More
Kosai Farm, B Street north of Northwest Twenty-ninth Street, Auburn, K...
Significance: Participation by Japanese immigrants in the economic, cultural and political life of the Pacific Northwest in the early twentieth century is part of a larger pattern of relocation, settlement and ... More
920-926 F Street, Northwest (Commercial Buildings), Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Schwartz Building at 920 F Street, NW was designed in 1911 by local architect Samuel R. Turner, and is a significant example of the Federal Revival style popular in Washington commercial archi... More
Brickyard Hill House, 3134 South Street Northwest, Washington, Distric...
Significance: A well preserved detached frame house of early date (ca. 1800) now very rare in the Waterfront district. Owned and probably built by the Peter family. Survey number: HABS DC-158 Building/struc... More
3320 Prospect Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colum...
1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-101 Survey number: HABS DC-651 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
John R. McLean House, 1500 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of...
Survey number: HABS DC-24 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1940 Demolished
John R. McLean House, 1500 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of...
Survey number: HABS DC-24 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1940 Demolished
Easter Hill Village, Building No. 13, Northwest corner of Hinkley Aven...
Significance: Easter Hill Village has been determined eligible for the National Register under Criteria A because of its local significance as part of the effort to address the critical post-WWII housing shor... More
Easter Hill Village, Building No. 13, Northwest corner of Hinkley Aven...
Significance: Easter Hill Village has been determined eligible for the National Register under Criteria A because of its local significance as part of the effort to address the critical post-WWII housing shor... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Georgetown Section, East & West parallel to M...
Significance: A remarkable engineering achievement of the early 19th century that played an important role in the development of Georgetown commerce, and stimulated trade and settlement of the interior. Unproc... More
Christian Heurich Mansion, 1307 New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, Washin...
Significance: Elaborate example of the Romanesque Revival Style, the house was built for Christian Heurich, German immigrant, brewery owner and philanthropist. Important for its retention of original material,... More
Christian Heurich Mansion, 1307 New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, Washin...
Significance: Elaborate example of the Romanesque Revival Style, the house was built for Christian Heurich, German immigrant, brewery owner and philanthropist. Important for its retention of original material,... More
1335 N Street, Northwest (Rowhouse), Washington, District of Columbia,...
Significance: 1335 N Street, NW, was designed by architect C.A. Didden in 1883 as one of a block of four identical brick rowhouses constructed for landowner A. Heitmuller. (See HABS DC-784, HABS DC-785, and HAB... More
Chanute Air Force Base, Air Corps Warehouse, Northwest corner of Exten...
Significance: In response to massive World War II mobilization, Building 62 was built in 1939-40 as an Air Corps Warehouse. Building 61, an identical building constructed at the same time, was built to the east... More
3015 Dumbarton Avenue Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colum...
Significance: This two story house exhibits a unique combination of a Victorian front block added to an earlier wooden building. Although there is no secure dating for this earlier section, stylistic evidence ... More
3331 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: This house is a good example of post-Civil War Second Empire-style domestic architecture, as seen in the intact Mansard roof. The house's architectural significance is further enhanced by the twen... More
3331 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: This house is a good example of post-Civil War Second Empire-style domestic architecture, as seen in the intact Mansard roof. The house's architectural significance is further enhanced by the twen... More
Laird-Dunlop-Lincoln House, 3014 N Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: With the original, middle block built before 1798, this house represents a subset of the Federal period houses of Georgetown that were more ambitious that tho... More
Laird-Dunlop-Lincoln House, 3014 N Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: With the original, middle block built before 1798, this house represents a subset of the Federal period houses of Georgetown that were more ambitious that tho... More
Laird-Dunlop-Lincoln House, 3014 N Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: With the original, middle block built before 1798, this house represents a subset of the Federal period houses of Georgetown that were more ambitious that tho... More
Laird-Dunlop-Lincoln House, 3014 N Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: With the original, middle block built before 1798, this house represents a subset of the Federal period houses of Georgetown that were more ambitious that tho... More
Laird-Dunlop-Lincoln House, 3014 N Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: With the original, middle block built before 1798, this house represents a subset of the Federal period houses of Georgetown that were more ambitious that tho... More
U.S. Storage Company, 418 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District...
Significance: The tallest structure on Square 348, the U.S. Storage Building is an excellent example of early 20th Century design solutions for multistory commercial buildings. The powerful scale and rich artic... More
Church of the Advocate, Northwest corner of Eighteenth & Diamond Stree...
Significance: It is the consummate example of French Gothic Revival architecture in America dating from late in the 19th century. While the sanctuary's unique form drawn from a variety of French sources is sign... More